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Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next EconomyThe origins of the next radical economy is rooted in a tradition that has empowered people for centuries and is now making a comeback. A new feudalism is on the rise. While monopolistic corporations feed their spoils to the rich, more and more of...
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A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the WorldThe illustrated, inside story of the legendary hacktivist group's origins and most daring exploits.A for Anonymous shows how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and powerful targets--from Sony and Paypal to the Church of...
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The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of DissentA hard-hitting expose that shines a light on the powerful conservative forces that have waged a multi-decade battle to hijack the meaning of free speech--and how we can reclaim it.There's a critical debate taking place over one of our most treasured rights: free speech....
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All Politics Is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the StatesDemocrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself.After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices...
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The World as It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human ProgressDrawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of the American empire at home and abroad, from the coarsening effect of America's War on...
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Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle EastIn this magisterial history of Lebanon, from the end of Ottoman rule to the Hezbollah and Hamas wars of today, acclaimed and fiercely independent Middle East journalist and historian David Hirst charts the interplay between a uniquely complex country and the broader struggles of...
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The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation"The more who learn the truth the better off the country will be, because there is no better safeguard against the revival of torture than a well-informed public." --Jane Mayer, from the IntroductionOn December 9, 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a...
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Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack ObamaIn this agenda-setting essay, journalist and historian Eric Alterman explains what is really happening with the Obama presidency. While Obama's many compromises have disappointed liberals, Alterman argues that these concessions are largely due to a political system that is rigged against progressive change. These...
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic FutureA #1 Sunday Times bestseller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole world has a stake in a...
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The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street AmericaSince Ronald Reagan left office -- and particularly after his death -- his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator. This...
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A New Ireland: Politics, Peace, and ReconciliationHume recounts the struggle for the nationalist community's rights and presents a blueprint for peace.Author: John HumePublisher: Roberts Rinehart PublishersPublished: 10/10/2000Pages: 223Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.66dISBN: 9781568332093
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China Calls: Paving the Way for Nixon's Historic Journey to China, Updated 40th Anniversary EditionIn 1971 the United States had no diplomatic relations or established route of communications with China. Despite that, in a stunning act of diplomacy, President Richard Nixon announced that he would travel to China to meet with its leaders. Ron Walker, director of the...
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Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate HealthcareIn 1994, Common Courage Press published a book that decided the fact that 35 million people went without health insurance...Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Health Care reveals that today the number stands at 44 million -- and growing at 1 million a...
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Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in AmericaThe day Walter White was buried in 1955 the New York Times called him "the nearest approach to a national leader of American Negroes since Booker T. Washington." For more than two decades, White, as secretary of the NAACP, was perhaps the nation's most...
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1939: The Alliance That Never Was and the Coming of World War IIAt a crucial point in the twentieth century, as Nazi Germany prepared for war, negotiations between Britain, France, and the Soviet Union became the last chance to halt Hitler's aggression. Incredibly, the French and British governments dallied, talks failed, and in August 1939 the...
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Rendezvous with DestinyHere, back in print in paperback, is one of the most brilliant and dramatic historical narratives ever written about the American experience. Eric Goldman tells a story of the wise and the shortsighted, the bold and the timid, the generous and the grasping men...
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From the Secret Files of J. Edgar HooverDuring his forty-eight years as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover scrupulously maintained secret office files and arranged for special filing procedures to safeguard "sensitive" information. None of the documents in five separate files was intended ever to be disclosed....
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Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do about ItA BREATHTAKINGLY CLEAR ANALYSIS OF TODAY'S ONGOING ECONOMIC CRISIS In this updated edition of Capitalism Hits the Fan, Professor Wolff explains why capitalism's global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and...
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Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th CrisisAmericans were uniformly shocked by the lethal ferocity of the September 11 attacks. Around the world, people and governments were appalled at the human carnage and extended unstinting sympathy--but many made it clear that their sympathy for the victims did not equal support for...
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The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a DemocracyThe US Army War College is where the Army's elite career officers go for advanced training in strategy, national security policy and military-government policy-making. This is an inside look at the College with the author's view on its ability to fulfill these tasks in...
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